I had a very bold toddler to look after for a long time. She used to love climbing about on playgrounds but I would regulate her activity quite strictly. I reme

I had a very bold toddler to look after for a long time. She used to love climbing about on playgrounds but I would regulate her activity quite strictly. I remember her pestering me to let her go on the big kid's slide which eventually I allowed. I had failed to realise that because she was wearing a nappy / diaper she would experience a near frictionless decent. I remember watching her shoot off the end of the slide and skip (on her bum) across the rubber and bark chipping off ramp like a flat stone over a pond. Poor little thing, she was totally shocked a bit sore but not too damaged with scuffed elbows and one thigh and of course a pair of tights written off. However, the moral is a good one, for quite a while after that she flatly would not go on slides of any sort. Eventually she decided that some slides were fun and ok, and went back on them, and she went back to all slides after about a year. By then she was much more competent and in control. I believe that in a small way it helped her understand and calibrate physical risks, it didn't make her any less bold in the long run, but it did make her more sensible.